Powerpointless

[plonq]

While I was doing some clean-up in my in-box this morning I found a (somewhat oldish) request for some historical car movement records. The retrieval finished running a few minutes ago, and I am mulling over what format I should use when I send these off. Typically I will send out the report as plain text, or maybe as an Acrobat file if I am feeling ambitious. I was about to choose one of those when I suddenly got this silly urge to send them out in Powerpoint. The idea is just random and inappropriate enough that it appeals to me on many levels.

Why stop at Powerpoint though? There are lots of opportunities out there to abuse file formats. I want something that the recipient can read, but will leave him (or her) scratching their head and saying, "omgwtf?"

[Poll #1230910]

[Edit: I ended up a bit pressed for time and went with PowerPoint.]

Comments

[tamarik.livejournal.com]

Totally the mp3. :)

[lowen-kind.livejournal.com]

BTW, whenever I see a train being hauled by your employer's loco, like this morning, I think, "Well, at least Plonq is getting paid today." :=3

[kamiten.livejournal.com]

Unlike when you see trains being hauled by our employer and wonder if we're going to get paid? ;)

[lowen-kind.livejournal.com]

Possibly :=3

Though when someone says they're taking our employer I say, with a smile, "That's great! Support my paycheck." :=3

Although the raise at the beginning of the month was nice. :=3

[furahi.livejournal.com]

I almost voted PowerPoint just because that's what I work on, but mp3 is too good ;D

[smrgol-t-kirin.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest Flash Animation